And a witty American journalist remarked over a century ago what is even more true today, `` Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning ''.

* Kate Austin ( 1864 – 1902 ), American writer, feminist and anarchist

* Mary Hunter Austin ( 1868 – 1934 ), American writer

* Phil Austin ( born 1941 ), American comedian and writer

Abdul Alhazred is a fictional character created by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

* 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American writer ( d. 1981 )

* 1950 – Cleo Odzer, American writer

* 1983 – Dash Shaw, American writer and artist

* 1916 – Beverly Cleary, American writer

* 1949 – Scott Turow, American writer

* 1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American writer and illustrator

* 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer

* 1874 – Charles Fort, American writer ( d. 1932 )

* 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator ( d. 1983 )

* 1968 – McG, American director, writer, and producer

* 1981 – C. C. Swiney, American actor, writer, and director

* 1983 – Elisha Yaffe, American actor, writer, and producer

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1819 – Herman Melville, American writer ( d. 1891 )

* 1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American writer ( d. 1988 )

* 1964 – Flannery O ' Connor, American writer ( b. 1925 )

* 1995 – Edward Whittemore, American writer ( b. 1933 )

* 1942 – Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host

* 1964 – Anastasia M. Ashman, American writer

* Stephen F. Austin ( 1793 – 1836 ), American politician, founder of Texas

* 1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter ( Deftones and Sol Invicto )

* 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, writer, director, and producer

* 1972 – Stephen Saux, American actor

Former colonial governors of Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, as well as the Reverend Isaac Backus and the Reverend Samuel Stillman, were among those who played an instrumental role in Brown's foundation and later became American revolutionaries.

Burton Stephen " Burt " Lancaster ( November 2, 1913-October 20, 1994 ) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes and distinctive smile ( which he called " The Grin ").

Although the March 2007 issue of Foreign Policy listed BJU as one of " The World's Most Controversial Religious Sites " because of its past influence on American politics, BJU has seen little political controversy since Stephen Jones became president.

* Commodore ( shipwreck ), a steamer lost to a maritime disaster in 1897 that occurred off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida, of which American novelist Stephen Crane was a surviving passenger

Stephen Donaldson ( July 27, 1946 – July 18, 1996 ), born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American bisexual-identified LGBT political activist.

* 1951 – Stephen Nichols, American actor

* 1941 – Stephen Albert, American composer ( d. 1992 )

* 1986 – Stephen Colletti, American TV star

* 1964 – Stephen G. Bowen, American astronaut

* Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer, Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982

Stephen Pearl AndrewsFor American anarchist historian Eunice Minette Schuster " It is apparent ... that Proudhonian Anarchism was to be found in the United States at least as early as 1848 and that it was not conscious of its affinity to the Individualist Anarchism of Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews ... William B. Greene presented this Proudhonian Mutualism in its purest and most systematic form .".

For American anarchist historian Eunice Minette Schuster " It is apparent ... that Proudhonian Anarchism was to be found in the United States at least as early as 1848 and that it was not conscious of its affinity to the Individualist Anarchism of Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews ... William B. Greene presented this Proudhonian Mutualism in its purest and most systematic form .".

* 1815 – War of 1812: American frigate, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.

* 1900 – Stephen Crane, American author ( b. 1871 )

* 1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist ( Ratt, Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite )

* 1826 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter ( d. 1864 )

* 1867 – Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and industrialist ( d. 1930 )

By the summer of 1846, American forces under General Stephen W. Kearny had captured New Mexico.

* 1898 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet and novelist ( d. 1943 )